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Published on: June 20, 2018
Unnecessary surgical treatment in a case of olfactory reference syndrome
Alberto Miranda-Sivelo1, Cristina Bajo-Del Pozo, Ana Fructuoso-Castellar
1Psychiatry Department, Complejo Asistencial de Palencia, 34 005 Palencia, Spain.
Abstract:
We present a case of olfactory reference syndrome (ORS) with complaints of bromhidrosis. This patient underwent a lumbar sympathectomy to correct the imagined body odor problem. The patient reported experiencing an improvement after surgery, but later, the olfactory symptoms returned. The main objective with ORS patients should be to begin psychiatric treatment early. Other treatments usually appear to be ineffective and cause great dissatisfaction.
